Combined manure loader and spreader.



No. 883,243. PATENTED MAR. 31,y 1908.

F. E. SGHBE. COMBINED MANURE LOADER AND SPRBADBR.

PP OATION FILED PB.2 .1907. A LI A 5 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

' W/TNESSES A TTU/m15 ys No. 883,243. PATENTBD MAR. 31, 1908.

F. E. SGHBB. COMBINED MANURE LOADER AND SPRBADER.

APPLICATION FILEDAPB. 254.1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

FRANK E. SCHEE, OF ATHENS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED MNURE LOADER- AND SYRIEADER.

Specicatin' of Letters Patent.

Patented March 81, 1908.

Application led Apri125, 1907. Serial No. 370,254.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, FRANK E. SCHEE, a

f citizen of the United States, residing at manure loaders and spreaders and it consists the spreader is scattering the lmanure upon said arms.

Aengage the 'clutch is operated through in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

Theobject of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character indicated which. is adapted to .gather the manure and when loaded may be transported to a iield where brought into operation for ythe surface of the lground.

In the accompanying drawing :"Figure 1 is a side elevation oi the loader and spreader, Fig. 2 is a top plan view 'of the same and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the .The apparatus consists of the body 1, the rear portion of which istrnounted upon the axle 2. The traction wheels 3 are mounted lupon the axle `2 andareprovided with ratchet devices 4 for rotating the said axle 2 in one direction only. Thek sprocket wheel 5 is journaledupon the axle 2 and afclutch 6 is located upon the said axle and is-adapted to huh of the sprocket wheel 5 toiix the saine with relation to the axle. The said the rod-7 and lever 8 fulcrurned near the forward endv of the body '1. The arms 9 are pivoted at their lower rear ends to the sides ofthe body]` and the yoke 1() of the caster ally connected to the upper forward ends of ed with the caster wheels 11 The rods 13 lare `provided-'at one edge lwith .the gear teeth 1.4 and pass through the guides 15 attached to the sidesof the body 1;

The

' lower ends of the said rods 13 are 'pivoted to ofthe' 'bars 9 when body 1 is held in an elevated position. The forward end of the body 151s open and 'sa y V' is `provided.with ai scoop 19 to the sides' of;

the bars9. rlhe crankshaft 16 is journaled 'upon thev body 1 and is providedfwith gear l f Wheels-17 which mesh with thegear teeth 14 offthe rodsz13. f A spring Iclip 18`is attached to the sideof thel body 1 and is adapted to be. sprung into engagement with the edgefof one the forward end'of the The o eration of the a paratus isfas foll ather aloadthe spring' c1ip18 is dsngage rromlhebar.

Wheel v1.1 is pivotn A tongue V1 2 is suitably connectand arms 9.'

which are journaled the colter wheels 20; The brackets 21 are attached to the rear end ,of the body 1 and the spreader 22 is journaled .between the said bracket. The sprocket wheel 23 is ixed to the shaft of the spreader 22. The sprocket Wheels 24 and 25 are journaled to the side of the body 1 and are in the saine plane as the sprocket wheels 5 and 23. The sprocket chain 26 passes around the sprocket Wheels 23 and 25 and over the sprocket wheel. 24 and engages the sprocket thereof. The endless conveyer 27 passes around the rollers 28 and 29 located at the forward and Vrear ends respectively of the body 1. The roller 29 is fixed to the shaft 29. The said conveyor is provided With the crossslats 30 Whichare mounted upon the sprocket chains 31. The body 1 is rovided with the guides 32 for supporting t e lower portion of the said conveyor While the `u per portion thereof s supported by the s' o1 ioor 33 of the body 1. The sprocket wheel 34 is journaled upon the in 35 which is s rocket' wheel 36 is journaled upon the s aft 29 and the sprocket chain 37 passes around the Wheels 34 and 36. The larger sprocket wheel 38 is also journaled upon the pin 35 and the small sprocket wheel 39 is journaled upon the shaft 29. 'The sprocket chain 40 passes around the Wheels 38 and 39. The ratchetdisk 41 is journaled upon the pin 35 and is attached to or connected with the Asides of the Wheels `34 and 38. As shown in Fig. 3, the wheels 34, 38 and 41 are made integral. The lever 42 is fulcruined at its lower end upon the pinv 35 and is provided with a spring .actuated awl 43 for engagement Withthe ratchet o the wheel 41. The collar 4 4 is slidably located upon the upper ortion ofthe lever 42'; The rod 45 is pivotedJ end-to the collar 44 and at its other end is yivoted upon awrist.l in 46 eccentrica-Uy ocated upon the spree et wheel 23.. The bell crank lever v4 7 isfulcrunied to the side .of the bodg'l and one end of s `d lever is connected rfrneans of a link `4 with the :collar 44. h

other end ofthe .lever 47 and connects with the side or" the body "1 in voperators seat 5.1.

lows i enit is desire' to teeth ot the wheel 5 at the upper quarterl e rod 49. is attached to the l mounted upon the side oit e body 1. The

at one roo 9 and by turning the crank shaft 16 the rods --,13 are moved down and the forward end of l' the other wheel.

^ 29 and thus, as the material is delivered,

axle 2-is also rotated and through the clutch 6 rotary movement is transmltted to the sprocket wheel 5. Thus the chain `-26 which is in engagement with the sprocket teeth of the wheel 5 is set in motion and the spreader 22 is rotated. As the wheel 23 rotates the rod 45 is reciprocated and the up er end of the lever 42 is vibrated back and orth. At each-rearward movement of th'e lever 42 the pawl 43 enga es the ratchets of the wheel 41 and rotates t e same intermittently. In as 'much as the wheels 38 and 34 are connected with the wheel 41 and rotate with the same,

.the chains 37 and 40 are moved longitudinally and the wheels 36 and 39 are rotated upon the shaft of the roller 29. A clutch mechanism 52 is provided for the purpose of fixing either one of the wheels 36' or 39 up'on the shaft of the roller 29 and is'adapted to be moved longitudinally of the shaft by a lever '52 to engage either one of the said Wheels and at the same time disengage By this arrangement the roller 29 may be caused to rotate at a greater or less rate of s eed as desired in as much as the sprocket wlieels above referred to diHer in diameter. As the conveyer 30 passes around the, roller 29 and is actuated thereby the .said conveyer may be made to move at a fast or slow rate of speed toward the roller from the scoop 19 upon the said conveyer it is transferred atl the rate of speed desired toward the rear end ofthe body 1. The

'rateof speed at which the material is conveyed through the body is governed in a -great measure by the thickness of the cut made by the scoop or the depth at which it will travel below' the surface of the material.

Throu h the ratchet lever 50, rod 49, bell crank ever 47 and link 43 tlie collar 44 may be moved longitudinally of the lever 42 toward or away from the fulcrum point connecting the sp thereof. Thus the sweep of the said lever may be increased or diminished as motion is imparted to the same through the rod 45 connected at its rear end to the sprocket wheel 23.

When the body 1 is loaded the forward end thereof is elevated through the instrumentality of the crank shaft 16, gear wheel 17 and rod 13 and when the clip 18 passes over the upper edge of the bar 9 the said clip springs into engagement with the upper edge of the said bar and holds the forward end of the body in an elevated position. By manipulating the lever. 8 the clutch 6 may be moved to throw the i'. heel 5 lout of engagement with the. axle 2 and thus the spreader may be drawn to the field without operating the conveyer. When the field is reached the sprocket wheel 51s caused to rotate with the axle 2 b moving the clutch 6 into engagement wit the said sprocket wheel when the' conveyer 30 and spreader 22 will begin operation as above described in transferring the material to the rear end of the body 1 while the spreader will take the material up and cast it upon the surface of thevfield. In discharging the materiall the parts may be manipulated as above described for conveying the material toward the conveyer or spreader 22 at a greater or less rate of speed as conditions'may require.

Having describedmy invention whatl claim as new and desire to secure by Letters# Patent is A combined loadv atherer Yand spreader comprising traction w eels,' a body having a closed bottom and an open forward end tiltably mounted upon said wheel, a conveyer traversin the `length lof the body, a gatherer locate at the forward end of the ody, a rotating {spreader' located at the o positie end of the body, means operativey reader with the traction wheels for rotatmg the spreader in the opposite direction from that in whichthe traction wheels rotate and means operatively connecting the spreader with the conveyer.

In testimony that I 'claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto a'Hixed my signature in the presence of-two witnesses.

FRANK E. SCHEE. Witnesses: Y

J L C. SCHEE,

B. F. KETCHAM. 

